Finance

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Image for EU commissioner laments obstacles to European bank mergers
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EU commissioner laments obstacles to European bank mergers

ROME (Reuters) -The EU Commissioner for Financial Services, asked on Friday about German resistance...

24th October, 2025

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Signify dims sales forecast as soft US demand hits professional lighting unit

By Leo Marchandon and Jerome Terroy (Reuters) -Signify, the world's biggest lights maker, reported a...

24th October, 2025

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Britain's FCA considers rule changes to accelerate IPO listings, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Britain's Financial Conduct Authority is in early talks to change its rules to shorten th...

24th October, 2025

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Pope Leo laments US-Canada 'difficulties' after Trump ends trade talks

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo lamented on Friday that the United States and Canada were experienc...

24th October, 2025

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French zoo workers say their goodbyes as two pandas head to retirement in China

By Noemie Olive PARIS (Reuters) -Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Be...

24th October, 2025

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UK's Starmer says action on frozen Russian assets needed quickly

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday there was "absolute clarity" du...

24th October, 2025

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Jon Bon Jovi 'grateful and humble' to tour again after vocal cord surgery

LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. rocker Jon Bon Jovi says he is "grateful and humble" to be able to return to...

24th October, 2025

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Terna does not comment report on potential power grid stake sale

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's power grid operator Terna said on Friday it did not want to comment rumours...

24th October, 2025

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German business activity surges to two-year-plus high in October, PMI shows

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's private sector recorded its strongest growth in nearly two-and-a-half ye...

24th October, 2025

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Novo Nordisk's new chairman has 'carte blanche' after board clear-out

By Maggie Fick and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A boardroom shake-up at Novo...

24th October, 2025

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Baker CEO says 2025 resilience driven by AI growth, sees oil investment slowdown

By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Baker Hughes CEO Lorenzo Simonelli said on Friday the global macro envir...

24th October, 2025

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Crisis-hit Porsche plunges to $1.1 billion quarterly loss

By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Porsche swung to a wider-than-expected operating loss in the third...

24th October, 2025